St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-12

{ market. The prospect of bridge over the
Missouri in that section, and the boom ut
/ Sioux City are having an elevatlng effect upon
| real estate at the old capital, and owners pre-
| fer to hold for q time.
The coal Mt Winifred, in Lake county, was
discovered at Il depth of thirty feet, IL digging
! Il we'll, AMI claimed to be tive-foot vein. 1t
has not been tested as to extent, but a COM
pany has been formed and the railroad will
extend switch 10 the mine. If 1t proves to
| be as extensive as hoped, 1t will give that
section quite q boom.
Seine settlers in Walworth county have
been arrested for cutting fuel on the reserva-
ton, but it seems that it was about their only
chance to keep from freezing, There has
been good deal of suffering the past winter
among Russian settlers in Campbell and Wal
worth, as they relied too much on the milk
and honey" business.
An Inspector of whisky might find employ
| ment in Dakota. E. Tiffany, man of 90 or
| so, in Sphinx, the other day took drink or two
of the alleged whisky and started home with
other parties, sitting on the rear seat of a
| sleigh. On arrival at his destination he was
| found to be dead, from no known cause ex-
| cept the whisky.
A farmer who drove number of miles
| through one of the severest bliZZardS for su p
plies made this bill at Planknton: Coffee. 10
| cents; sugar, 10 cents; tobacco, 25 cents;
whisky, 20 cents; pool so cents. This man Is
said to be one of the grumblers who thinks it
| impossible to make living on farm.
! The Alexandria Herald has information that
! the railroads in that part of the South are
| making provisions for IL larger migration this
spring than for several years past. 1t is
claimed that much of the emigration that has
! been going to states further south will come
| to Dakota.
Parker in Turner county has had power
| full temperance neyial, 34S names being
! signed TO the pledge. In consequence of the
| will al Lost lpllx
scattering vote in opposition TO the temper
ance ticket and the drug business is said to
| have boom there.
The movement to take a colony to Wash
| ington Territory from about Yankton ia likely
| to fall through, as the reports of those sent
| to prospect are not encouraging. 1t is con-
cluded that the inducements and advantages
| in Dakota are greater than on the Pacific
! coast.
Minot, on the Manitoba extension toward
| Montana, has been pretty much deserted dur
ing the winter. bat people are tioeking back,
| and it is beginning to put on boom airs. II
| is believed it will make good town, although
not railroad terminus.
The new artesian water works at Redfeld
| last week had their first experience with a
| fire, and there is a good deal of enthusiasm
| over the result. In six minutes from the tap
of the bell q fine stream of water was pouring
on the building.
Rev. C. F. Clapp, the Congregational divine
at Yankton who wrestled with the Andover
| "hereSy," last Sunday preached his farewell
and will go to Oakland, Cal He has many
warm friends who feel like ''dam-g" the
! heather.
In some of the river counties of the South
quail have been quite numerous, but in some
| localities it is reported that white owls have
| been DISCRIMINATING them. An act of the leg
islatnre restraining the owls would seem de-
! sirabe.
young man who started from one of the
central towns TO go East to keep an appoint
| ment to marry. was showed i'll at one of the
| towns eleven days and telegraphed to have
| the ceremony deferred-not going by proxy.
1t is stated as a fact by the Aurora Stand
ard that the past week twenty shares of its
stock sold at a premium of 10 cents on the
dollar. That is probably more than can be
| said of any other paper in Dakota.
Eastern parties propose to open a packing
house at Canton that Will put up l.500 to
1000 hogs day the year round. 1t will be
worth more to the place than even having u
delegation to congress.
The somewhat noted case of DR.. Bradley
of Sargent, involving u charge of abortion,
and the loss of the confidence and esteem of
| Mai. c. w. Butte. has been deferred TO June
| in the court at Fargo.
The extreme division papers do not take
! kindly to the scheme of ex-Gov. Pierce to
defer the division question until admission is
as much as they did.
The vote on local option will not be had in,
| perhaps, third of the counties if it is con-
| tinGent upon the petition of one-third of the
voters Of the county. as such petitions will
| not be easy to get
One Fargo farmer who put some of his
| money made in growing wheat into Montana
sheep. has lost 1900 out of 1000 head by the
| winter, and is not certain that he will save
| the other 1000.
The water of the artesian we'll at Miller has
| been analysed and found to contain mt cinal
qualities that will make it valuable Arrange
ments are being made TO introduce it as a
mineral water.
/ . The excellent agricultural paper at Fargo,
published by E. A. Webb claims q circulation
OF 5000, and is proving so great Il success
that new equipment and Office has been es-
tablished.
i The saloonkeepers at Pierre have gone back
to the frontier price of 10 cents glass for
beer, and there is much Indignation among
consumers, who threaten to vote prohibition.
There is danger that the real estate boom at
Sioux City will divert capital that should be
invested in South Dakota and Dlluth will at
tract the rustlers from the towns North.
In the section on the Northwestern railroad
which suffered from drought, petitions are
being largely signed asking that company to
loan the farmers seed WHEAT
A committee from Logan and Kidder coun-
ties has visited Duluth TO try and arrange to
procure seed wheat, for which they cannot
pay until the crop. comes in.
Many OF the farmers about Volga have been
duped by Il travelling grocery supply agent.
and have had a costly experience that will
benefit the home dealers.
A gas well struck at a depth of 7S4 feet
near Blunt TWO or three weeks ago, has
burned steadily ever since, and is exciting a
good deal of interest.
One or two new townships in Col. Steees
county of Kidder will be open to filings after
March p. There are good openings in that
county for settlers.
The artesian we'll at ST. Lawrence, in Hand
county, is down ,169 feet and flows forty bar
res an hour, but it is believed a big flow will
soon be struck.
Most of the G. A. R. posts of the North and
some South are arranging for representation
at the encampment at Jamestown March 22.
In Mcintosh county antelope are plentiful
and sportsmen are having much success
shooting them.
Yeumg Men ana Single Life.
) Brooklyn Magazine.
1t is undoubtedly true that single life is
not without its advantages for some. There
are hundreds of young men, as there are a